Do You Tip Gutter Cleaners

Sarah smock marketing director for merry maids the nation s largest residential housecleaning service says relatively few clients tip during the year.

Do you tip gutter cleaners.

My sugestion is no way. 17 percent regularly give their weekly or. There are lots of ways to do the cleaning. Maids were one of the most likely to get a tip with 28 per cent saying yes but their tip amount was only 12 on average.

Alternatively if you feel the price was on the higher side or if the job didn t take as long as you were quoted you can feel comfortable not offering a tip at all. Rather than handing out money to each mover give the sum to the foreman to divide among the crew specifying how much you want to. Plumbers were also unlikely to get a tip with 19 per cent saying they should get one but they did receive 17 on average for a tip. Go for 5 per person with a crew or up to 20 if it s just one person who did a great job in a reasonable amount of time.

It requires only a few tools and an afternoon to get water flowing from your roof and away from your home. Snow shovelers and pool cleaners didn t get much in terms of tips with only 10 on average. You are welcome to though it is not necessary. You can find inventions like tongs on an extension pole shop vacuums with gutter nozzles or even a remote controlled gutter.

For a big job tip 10 to 15 percent of the total cost of the job. Cleaning gutters in early spring will prepare them for the heavy spring and summer rains. For service above and beyond by all means 15 or a ten spot. Jim casper 40 year contractor in the gutter business.

Only if you tip other seasonal laborers. When contrators send out technicians to work on gutters and roofing the company pays them a certain percentage to install the material itself.